The Best Film of 2024
Our Best Film of 2024 commemorates intriguing films, emerging voices and celebrated doyens searching for stranger narratives and new angles on existing legends.
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A Case Against Two-Part Movies
With the rise of the two-part movies fad, even filmmakers of Denis Villeneuve’s caliber may be devaluing what makes the cinematic experience, well, cinematic.
Too Late to Be Afraid: Denis Villeneuve on ‘Dune’
Denis Villeneuve talks about how fear can “mind kill” directors. But creating the epic Dune for cinema wasn’t scary at all — that’s just creative pressure.
Venice 2021: Villeneuve’s ‘Dune’ Stirs up the Grit
Villeneuve’s ‘Dune’ (Venice International Film Festival 2021) looks the part and will not disappoint fans, but it groans under the weight of its world-building.
Venice Film Festival 2021: Films to Watch
Competition at Venice Film Festival 2021 will be fierce, with many of the world’s most renowned auteurs vying for the Volpi Cup and/or early Oscars buzz.
Searching for Answers in Denis Villeneuve’s ‘Prisoners’
As in all the best detective stories, the heroes of Denis Villeneuve's Prisoners are wrestling with questions much deeper than those of the case itself.
‘Blade Runner 2049’ Is an Ambitious Vision of Startling Cinematic Beauty
Director Denis Villeneuve takes everything that was iconic about Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner and expands it into a sprawling examination of hope, destiny, and creation.
2017 Fall Film Preview: At Last, the Film Industry Awakens From Its Slumber
From Gary Oldman in The Darkest Hour to James Franco's meta-experiment Blade Runner: 2049 and Daniel Day-Lewis's final role, here are the movies you'll want to watch ... and a couple you might not.
A Linguistics Revolution: ‘Arrival’ and the Politics of Language
After watching Arrival, the sci-fi technology we think about is linked to one of our most intimate and fundamental technologies: the technology of language.
The Best Films of 2016
PopMatters presents a list of the best films that surfaced in 2016 and impressed us with their cinematic visions of where we’ve been.
TIFF 2016: Colossal, Pyromaniac, Nocturnal Animals, Arrival, American Pastoral, Trespass Against Us
Monster mayhem, aliens, Philip Roth and dysfunctional families -- it's all in a day at Toronto International Film Festival 2016.
40 Nights of Must-Watch Movies (in the Comfort of Your Home): The Franchise
Back by popular demand! Recommendations from “40 Nights of Must-Watch Movies” that will keep you, your dog and your elephant glued to the couch for months.